Dozens of protesters across Lebanon took to the streets for another round of demonstrations in opposition to government incompetence in handling hyperinflation and soaring fuel prices. Crowds blocked roads, placing barricades and burning tires to stop traffic.
Hundreds of protesters across Chile marched against the approval of the new open-pit Dominga mine, which threatens the ecosystem of the Humboldt Archipelago, one of the most biodiverse in the world. After it was approved, widespread clashes occurred, centered around La Serena, the capital of the Coquimbo region in which the mine was being built.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Pereira for a 2nd consecutive day, as part of a general strike in opposition to neoliberalism and a tax hike in Colombia which would increase taxes on basic goods and services like utility bills. Police attacked the demonstration but were repulsed by the crowd, which stood its ground.
Clashes continued to occur between the Onkwehonwe tribe and the OPP at 1492 Land Back Lane, with indigenous people hitting police cars and getting shot with rubber bullets and tasers after.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Formosa after COVID quarantine was reinstated due to only 30 cases detected, in the northern province already grappled by poverty and draconian restrictions in the beginning of the pandemic.
